Improvement in meat-manglers



@6MM-5mm `all 'whom itmay conce-ru@` Be tknown that we, J AMES .'l. HARVEY and WIL-4 LIAM Drxomof Marysville, `in thecounty of Westmorei 'ilandaml` State of i Pennsylvania; have invented a. new i and valuableiImpx-ovemeut iuiMeat-Manglers; `and we do llerehydeclare that the following is afull,c1ear andv [exact description `of' the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had `toltheaimexed drawing cutting.

`-JAMES, *rl-HARVEY hun WILLIAM DIXQN, or MARYSVILLE, PENNSYL- j VANIA.

f u. team-s Patent No.-1os,o2`1, ated cacher 4,1870.

` t iMUPRovEMENT I'N MEAT-MANGLERS.

`making a pu'tof `this specification, and vto theletters Y.fuuidigures of reference marked thereon.

l; lffigure 1 ofthe drawing-is' `a representationof oui` nui-chine 1n longitudinal verticalsection, and

Figure 2 is a view of our machine in transverse wertical sectionl i .e i A e f f "lfhenature fof' .our invention consistsinr the construction and arrangemeutof a meatfcrusher or cutter for breaking the tough bers in beef-steak, as will be' `llereinai'terfully setforth. i

-In order to enable` others skillcdin the art to which `our invention appertains to :make and usethesame,

Duewill n'owfproceed operation. i Y i A A represent two inclined` `planes for the meat to bereccived upon duringthe process of crushing or to describe `its construction andv `Each of said inclined planes is inclosed ina frame,

`"Byand the tivo frames are connected together at their ``hppelyends: by meansofa block, G, on each side.

i In 'the blocks C C thetworollers D D have their jonmal-bearings. i

l 'lhe surfaces of theseroll'ers areprovided with lance- 'p The Scl'idule referred to in these Letters Patent and mal'xing of the aanie.

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shaped teeth a a, which mesh into each other; as

shown while the upper end is made yielding by means of the blocks or boxes b b and springs d' d, as shown iu iig.

2`, so that either a thick or thin piece of meat may be- `passed between them..Y

Upon one journahof each roller ou the same side is La cogfwheel, E,A the two wheels gearing into each other,

andupon the other journal of the other roller is a which motion is communicated crank,'G, by means o`f to the' rollers.

i The meat iu passing between the lance-toothedA vlrollers gets its tough fibersrcrushed or cut, so as to. `render the meat tender, without the usual pounding or hacking.

Having thus fully described our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The-combination of the inclined planes'A A and ,lance-toothed rollers D D, when constructed substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that we claim the above, we have hereunto snbscribedour names in the presence of two witnesses. l

JAMES T. HARVEY. WILLIAM DIXON.

AWitnesses:

J As. G. BYERLY, S. C. REMSBERG.

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The hearings for the lower roller are stationary, 

